Download or read book Skaters Feroces written by Jake Maddox and published by Jake Maddox Novelas Gráficas. This book was released on 2020 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "La familia de Adnan Zakaria huyâo recientemente de Siria y se reasentâo en Estados Unidos. Adnan se siente como un extraäno en una tierra extraäna olo y nostâalgico. Lo âunico que le da consuelo es la patineta de su mejor amigo que trajo de Siria. Mientras Adnan navega por su nueva comunidad, se une con nuevos amigos en un skatepark local. Pero tambiâen se enfrenta a la adversidad en forma del problemâatico local Mike Proctor. Despuâes de que Adnan pierde su preciosa patineta una noche, se entera de que Mike Proctor la tiene y no la abandonarâa sin un desafâio. ÅAdnan podrâa superar a su enemigo y recuperar su tabla? ÅY los dos niänos aprenderâan a respetarse el uno al otro, a pesar de sus diferencias?"--
Download or read book Shredders written by Sierra Prescott and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunningly photographed tribute to female skaters of all ages and backgrounds, from novice to pro--plus an illustrated history of the skateboard, skating tips and tricks, and more. In celebration of the rad, undying spirit of skateboarding, Shredders features gorgeous photography and stories of today's most awesome female skaters. The women and girls profiled range from rising young riders like eight-year-old Ariel Cai--who shreds at the largest indoor skate park in China--to old-school pros like Laura Thornhill Caswell--the first woman to get a signature model board--and today's star shredders like X Games gold winner and Tony Hawk protégé Lizzie Armanto. From street and slalom skaters to park queens and long-distance pushers, Shredders features athletes and hobbyists of all skate styles, ages, backgrounds, and skill levels, showing that skateboarding has something for everyone. For aspiring skaters, Shredders is the perfect entryway into the world of skateboarding, with tips for setting up and maintaining your board as well as overviews of skate styles, history, and slang. And Shredders also invites experienced riders to fall back in love with the sport that embodies freedom, individuality, and active self-expression. Skaters of every stripe are sure to find their inspiration to shred within these pages.
Download or read book All the Sundays Yet to Come written by Kathryn Bertine and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Now a professional elite triathlete, Bertine is young, energetic, and funny and has already been featured in ESPN: The Magazine, Triathlete, and Wildcat Online.- In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential and Jim Bouton's classic Ball Four, Bertine humorously and honestly dishes the dirt about the little-known dark side of a seemingly glamorous world.
Download or read book Frozen Teardrop written by Lucinda Ruh and published by SelectBooks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "World figure skating champion Lucinda Ruh, known as the "Queen of Spin" for her creative spinning and her holding of the Guinness world record for the longest spin on ice, tells her story of the harsh realities of the world of competitive figure skating to inspire young people to have the vision and strength to overcome adversity"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Super Skaters written by Steve Milton and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elvis Stojko, Scott Hamilton, Chen Lu, Nancy Kerrigan, and Torville and Dean are just a few of the favorite stars included in this exciting. photo-filled look at international skating. An accomplished sports journalist specializing in international figure skating, Steve Milton is able to give a behind-the-scenes look at today's champions including tips from the stars, competition records, and line drawings of those daring jumps. There are also fabulous, full-page full-color photos of all the greats!
Download or read book Skateboarding Greats written by Angie Peterson Kaelberer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the top skateboarders throughout the history of the sport, from those of the 1970s to the top performers of the early 2000s.
Download or read book Inside Edge A Revealing Journey Into the Secret World of Figure Skating written by Christine Brennan and published by Japanime Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figure skating is the most beautiful and mysterious of all sports. When the skaters are on the ice, every twitch of a muscle and every slip of a skate blade is visible for the world to see. In Inside Edge, Christine Brennan chronicles—for the first time—a season on the skating circuit, intimately portraying the lives, on and off the ice, of the sport's current and upcoming stars. Woven into the narrative are stories of figure skating luminaries—including Peggy Fleming, Janet Lynn, Katarina Witt, Brian Boitano, Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Rudy Galindo, and Tara Lipinski. Revealing the backstage conflicts high-profile figure skaters face, and the ambition that drives them, Brennan also tells the stories of their families, of improbable rises to the top, and of wasted talents. If skaters are perfect, they can become international heroes. But if they fall, if they miss a three-revolution jump on a quarter-inch blade of steel, the despair is theirs alone. This is their life on the edge, where decades of training culminate in little more than four crucial minutes on the ice. There is no other sport like it. There is no other story like theirs.
Download or read book Frozen in Time written by Nikki Nichols and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2008-11-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 15, 1961, all 18 members of the U.S. World Figure Skating Team were killed in a plane crash, along with 16 coaches, officials, and family members. Frozen in Time takes readers inside the lives of the young skaters who died in the crash, revealing their friendships, romances, rivalries, sacrifices, and triumphs. The dramatic focus lingers on two families of powerful women: the Owens and the Westerfelds. Maribel Owen, the most famous woman in figure skating at the time, relentlessly drives her two young daughters—pairs champion Mara and the spectacular Laurence, who graced the cover of Sports Illustrated on the day she died. Myra Westerfeld, meanwhile, loses her marriage while guiding her daughters Sherri and Steffi to the pinnacle of the sport. Along with the bittersweet personal stories, author Nikki Nichols recounts the U.S. skating program’s lengthy struggle to rebuild after this devastating accident.
Download or read book The A to Z of Skateboarding written by Tony Hawks and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years, Tony Hawks has been mistaken for Tony Hawk, the American skateboarder. Even though it is abundantly clear on his website that he is an English comedian and author, people still write to him asking the best way to do a kickflip or land a melon. One mischievous day he started writing back in a pompous tone, goading his correspondents for their spelling mistakes and poor grammar, while offering bogus or downright silly advice on how to improve their skateboarding. Featuring entries on parents' pain, disappointment, underachievers, Quorn and the Vatican, this is his A to Z guide to the world of skateboarding, as seen through the eyes of someone who knows absolutely nothing about it.
Download or read book Michelle Kwan written by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the day she laced up her first pair of skates, Michelle Kwan knew she belonged on the ice. When she was 7 years old, she vowed that she would one day be an Olympic skater, and went straight to work on making her dream come true. By the time she was 12, she was already competing with top skaters from around the world. At age 15, Kwan won her first national and world titles. And in 1998, she made skating history at the U.S. Championships when she received 15 perfect scores for presentation in her long and short programs, the most perfect scores ever for a female skater. Michelle Kwan is the story of a gifted young athlete whose determination and focus have enabled her to become the most decorated skater in U.S. history. Though the only medal ever to elude her was the Olympic gold, Kwan remains a true champion, and she has shown just as much grace in her setbacks as she has on the ice. Her positive attitude has earned her the reputation of sports' ultimate class act, and it is sure to inspire readers of this engaging new volume.
Download or read book Ice Skating written by Michael Sandler and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the life and accomplishments of the world-renowned figure skater.
Download or read book SKATERS written by Wesley A. Blixt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-11-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strathmore Hotel ballroom once hosted presidents, but is now home to the feral boys of Warren Falls who skate the hills of the old New England mill town at night following Boy, a charismatic young leader without a past, animated by the shadows of the brutality of the town’s colonial history.
Download or read book Skate Crime written by Alina Adams and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While producing a tribute to figure skater and coach Lucian Price, Rebecca "Bex" Levy finds herself skating on thin ice when Lucian dies after taking a bad fall and she discovers that someone had tampered with his skates. Original.
Download or read book Ice Cream written by Toller Cranston and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The skaters included in this book all made a strong impression on the skating world, contributing to the development of the sport through commanding athletic prowess, unusual aesthetic characteristics, or sheer force of personality. They reflected and illuminated their times and environments. Certainly none of them could be called boring, the deadliest sin in Toller’s lexicon. In many cases they are skaters who elevated figure skating to an art form, but some altered the course of the sport in a way that may have been negative. Each chapter starts with a short biography and then Toller contributes his well-honed and very personal assessment. Finally, Toller brings the book right up to date with his Epilogue: A Salt Lake City Retrospective. Readers and fans are aware of Toller Cranston’s way with a quip, his flamboyant personality, and his outspoken opinions. In Ice Cream, they will also learn more about his deep knowledge of skating, his sensitive artistic judgement, and his acute observations of fellow skaters. But make no mistake, the Toller we all know is here in spades.
Download or read book A Very Young Skater written by Jill Krementz and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The White Rose Affair written by Sharon Whitlock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We must keep working. We have to tell the story of what happened during the Holocaust. Our synchro program will help people understand. No one must ever forget." A few weeks after 9/11, African-American coach Jems Wilson choreographs a "Holocaust" program for the Jazzicals Intermediate Synchronized Skating Team. The program is supposed to fight hatred and teach the world how to love. Instead, the program seems to ignite a wave of hate crimes against the Jazzicals and their coach. Racist symbols desecrate property, skates are vandalized, and violent threats are raised against Jems. In response, the team forms a White Rose Club, inspired by the World War II underground resistance organization called "The White Rose." Hundreds of skaters from all over the world join the club and pledge to "love one another." But the hate crimes continue and the Jazzicals begin to suspect each other. No one knows who to trust. Karina Kowalski and her substitute father, Officer Chuck Zander, step into the mire of suspicion and deceit to try to solve the mystery, and the Intermediates learn that they must be willing to pay a high price to bring love to a world filled with hate. The White Rose Affair is the third novel in the Jazzicals series about synchronized skating, the world's fastest-growing ice skating sport.
Download or read book On Edge written by Jon Jackson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2006-12-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figure skating is the second most watched sport on television after NFL football, commanding lucrative endorsements and fame for its stars. Yet, the real action of figure skating takes place off the ice, behind closed doors. Until now, no one in skating's inner circle has dared to expose the dirty little secrets of the seemingly pristine sport: it would have signaled an end to his or her career. Jon Jackson, a former Olympic level judge and competitive figure skater, has already ended his, and he is ready to talk. During the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the Russian gold medal debacle in the Pair Event publicly revealed the hidden world of bribery and collusion that is standard operating procedure across the sport. On Edge, takes readers on a twenty year journey through the private hotel rooms and hospitality suites where the culture thrives and multiplies, culminating in the days, weeks, and months following the Salt Lake City gold medal scandal. Rebelling against this covert culture, Jackson co-created the World Skating Federation in hopes of freeing the industry from the stranglehold of the seemingly omnipotent US Figure Skating Association (USFSA). Detailing his battle, Jackson reveals his reservations about the continued corruption.
